S. M. DOCKUM
S. M. Dockum, a farmer, is a grandson of James C. and Polly Dockum, natives of Now Hampshire, from which point they entered Canada, and were residents of Dunham ten years. In 1813, they moved and settled on the Little Darby in this township; thence to Madison County, Ohio, where he founded a home on Barron Run and passed the remainder of life's journey, dying in the seventy-second year of his age. The subject of this sketch was born in Madison County, Ohio, August 7, 1840, and is the seventh son of James and Betsey (Clement) Dockum. His father was first married to Miss Phebe, daughter of Jacob Jones. April 5, 1819; she died July 29, 1822, aged twenty-two years. Three children, the fruits of this union, an all deceased. His second marriage was to Miss Betsy Clement, which occurred April 13, 1826; eight sons were born to this union, three of whom are living, viz.: Maskel, Marium and Lester. Mr. Dockum was reared on the homestead farm and has always followed that occupation. He served in the three months' call for volunteers in 1862, enlisting in Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was married in 1865, to Miss Maggie, daughter of David Sager, and a native of Darby Township. Mr. Dockum is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a representative branch of one of the oldest and respected families. Minnie in there is their only living child.